Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .

A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .

A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .

A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .

A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .

DANCE guru Matt Howes leaves crowds in a spin when he gets behind the decks - as the world's only one-armed professional DJ .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .

A woman was diagnosed with cancer after a cyst left her so bloated medics were convinced she was pregnant .

LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .